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Little Free Libraries plans Library Week book drive

Tuesday, April 3, 2012, By J.D. Ross

The Little Free Libraries Project, a collaborative venture between Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool), the College of Visual and Performance Arts (VPA) and residents of Syracuse’s Near Westside to bring miniature library kiosks to the neighborhood, is holding…

VPA art, transmedia graduate programs ranked among top 20 in nation by U.S. News & World Report

Friday, March 30, 2012, By Erica Blust

Master of fine arts (M.F.A.) degree programs in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been ranked among the top 20 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as part of its 2013 specialty rankings…

Campus & Community

The expansion of grassland and their role in the global hydrologic cycle from the Miocene to Recent

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the spring 2012 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring C. Page Chamberlain from Stanford University.

IVMF issues analysis of 2011 BLS annual report on employment situation of veterans

Monday, March 26, 2012, By News Staff

Unemployment rate increases most significantly for post-9/11 female vets ages 18-24 In relation to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) annual report, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) has released The Employment Situation of Veterans: 2011,…

Boston Herald: Fans flock to hot spots

Friday, March 23, 2012, By News Staff

The Boston Herald highlighted the Orange spirit in Boston as the men’s basketball team prepares to meet Wisconsin tonight in the NCAA tournament. Chuck Merrihew, vice president of Institutional Advancement, is quoted.

Workshop gears medical research librarians to changing environment

Wednesday, March 7, 2012, By Diane Stirling

Big data trends in bioscience and changing policies in health care are creating an increasingly complex environment for medical research librarians, and Jian Qin, associate professor at the School of Information Studies, has developed a workshop to help them address those…

‘Atlas of New Librarianship’ wins ALA 2012 ‘Best Book in Library Literature’ award

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, By Diane Stirling

The American Library Association has chosen a book written by School of Information Studies Professor R. David Lankes as its 2012 “Best Book in Library Literature.” Lankes’ “The Atlas of New Librarianship” was named winner of the annual American Library…

Viral video the means for iSchool student’s life-philosophy message

Wednesday, February 29, 2012, By Diane Stirling

A two-minute YouTube video-gone-viral may have initiated the proverbial 15 minutes of fame for Sam Morrison, but there’s much more to the man and his story.  The backflips that led to the School of Information Studies student’s recognition around the world…

Arts & Culture

VPA’s John Laverty produces new album ‘Rock Stars,’ featuring two renowned musicians

Monday, February 27, 2012, By Erica Blust

John Laverty, professor of applied music and performance in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music, has produced the new album “Rock Stars” on Mark Records, which features soloists Joseph…

Campus & Community

The answer is coming with the wind … Long-term continental stable isotope records of paleoclimate and topography change

Monday, February 20, 2012, By News Staff

The Department of Earth Sciences presents the spring 2012 K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series, this week featuring Prof. Andreas Mulch, vice director of the Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre and Professor at Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, Institute of Geoscience in Germany.